Become "A Friend of the Diplomacy Training Program"

Since its establishment by José Ramos-Horta and Garth Nettheim in 1989, the Diplomacy Training Program has emerged as a unique organisation playing a significant role in providing knowledge and skills to frontline human rights defenders across the Asia-Pacific region and to Indigenous Australians.

In 2003, José Ramos-Horta launched the Friends of the Diplomacy Training Program.

Through their donations, Friends of the Diplomacy Training Program:

Enable human rights defenders and advocates to receive the training they need to make a difference in their communities and our region.

Ensure the independence of the Diplomacy Training Program enabling it to respond to the needs of advocates on the frontline.

Are investing in peaceful diplomacy today to avoid the costs of conflict tomorrow.

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In memory of Emeritus Professor Garth Nettheim AO

"Garth inspired commitment and dedication, and he did so quietly and with sensitivity. We shared so much over the many years of our friendship, starting in New York and Geneva at around the time when the idea that became DTP first developed. Later, in Australia, I was privileged to work closely with him at the AHRC, when we pushed and sensitised, in Australia and overseas, on issues such as mandatory sentencing and the off-shore exile of asylum seekers. He created institutions with a mission - DTP is a living example and I am proud to be associated with it because we can carry on with his vision, above all, on seeking justice for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sisters and brothers." - Dr John Pace, DTP Board Member, Former Secretary of the UN Commission on Human Rights

Peter Nathan -

“It was an honour and a privilege to have met Prof Nettheim…His legacy and giant contribution to human rights defences has certainly affected my aspirations and direction in life. I, like many alumni, will mourn this great loss and celebrate his dogged advocacy for fairer and just systems - particularly in our Asia Pacific region."

The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) and partners are calling for applications for a Pacific regional capacity building program for civil society on Business, Human Rights and the SDGs in the Pacific to be held in Fiji from April 30 – May 5, 2018.

Trainers on the program will include Professor Surya Deva, member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights as well as other leading experts and practitioners.

The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) and JOAS are calling for applications for a regional capacity building program on Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Partnerships for Sustainable Development to be held in Malaysia in April 04-13, 2018.